The Lucas County Coroner’s Office performs autopsy services for about 20 other county coroners throughout Ohio and Michigan.

The incident was first reported during a routine patrol around 1 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 21, when Officer Robert Schraidt of the Catawba Island Township Police Department observed a vehicle on fire in a private driveway in the 2500 block of N.E. Catawba Rd.

The officer discovered a body in the vehicle. The body was later taken to the Lucas County Coroner’s Office to be identified.

Gangway said the body was charred from the fire, and officials were initially unable even to identify the sex of the person inside the vehicle, a 2002 Escalade.

Several days later, officials were able to confirm that the person found was a man.

The cause of the fire has not yet been determined and the incident remains under investigation by the state fire marshal.